This board seemed divided before the OSU game. Some expressed concern about our inability to run and for our WRs to get separation and deep. Others said WVa, ILL, & Iowa were pretty good teams and that we were winning comfortably by taking what the defense was giving us. They also claimed that Franklin was running a vanilla offense and hadn't yet opened up the playbook. At this point I think it's pretty safe to say that those who expressed concerns had valid reasons.
The question is where to go from here. The lack of a running threat at QB limits our options. Can a pure drop back passer be successful without elite pass catchers? Can coaching improve? PSU didn't do much to get their skill players in space (Inside screens, roll out the QB, wheel route, etc.). If they didn't use those things vs OSU why would we expect that to change going forward?
Final comment/question... PSU started to have some success late in Q4 with Cephas and Saunders. Should PSU have spread the field with those guys sooner or was that success due to OSU playing soft after being up by 2 scores?
The question is where to go from here. The lack of a running threat at QB limits our options. Can a pure drop back passer be successful without elite pass catchers? Can coaching improve? PSU didn't do much to get their skill players in space (Inside screens, roll out the QB, wheel route, etc.). If they didn't use those things vs OSU why would we expect that to change going forward?
Final comment/question... PSU started to have some success late in Q4 with Cephas and Saunders. Should PSU have spread the field with those guys sooner or was that success due to OSU playing soft after being up by 2 scores?